Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 2:55pm

AuSM Staff

Lithia Motors has bought its first store in West Virginia, the dealer group said Wednesday.  West Virginia is now the 19th state in the expanding Lithia network as the company added Ford Lincoln of Morgantown, which was previously named Freedom Ford. The group said the new addition is an example of how... Read More

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 2:06pm

AuSM Staff

Before Wednesday, Carvana already had a strong presence in Florida. That presence got even stronger as the company announced it would expand in central Florida, offering as-soon-as-next-day vehicle delivery to Lakeland and North Port. Carvana founder and chief executive officer Ernie Garcia said in a news release... Read More

Friday, May 31, 2019 - 3:02pm

AuSM Staff

Larry H. Miller Lexus Murray, Larry H. Miller Lexus Lindon and Larry H. Miller Lexus Spokane have received the Elite of Lexus Award for 2018, which recognizes dealers who excel in areas such as sales, service and the overall customer ownership experience. Those were just three of 16 Larry H. Miller dealerships to... Read More

Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 12:33pm

AuSM Staff

This installment of AuSM’s annual Top 100 Used Car Dealers is the first in a two-part series and focuses on franchised dealers. Included in the June 1 print and digital edition of AuSM, this is where we highlight some of the strongest used-car selling franchised stores in the... Read More

Thursday, May 30, 2019 - 11:29am

Arlena Sawyers, Correspondent

AutoNation made a “strategic decision” to focus on new-vehicle margins and finance and insurance sales, Lithia Motors expects to resume buying dealerships after a year-long hiatus and both companies are laying groundwork to enhance their digital retailing platforms. That is according to the companies’... Read More

Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 3:54pm

Daryl Lubinsky, Correspondent

The automotive industry is no longer competing with itself for talent. Hireology co-founder and chief executive officer Adam Robinson says that in looking for new hires, auto dealers now compete with Amazon and that company’s $15-per-hour minimum wage. The auto industry competes with Jiffy Lube and the hospitality... Read More

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 3:59pm

AuSM Staff

For more than 100 years, Deluxe has been a supplier of business incorporation services and automotive business products with more than 115,000 automotive small business customers. Now, the company is a partner of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Deluxe will offer its products and services through... Read More

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 1:46pm

Nick Zulovich, Staff Writer

For both Asbury Automotive Group and Group 1 Automotive, keeping a close watch on their used-vehicle inventories is an ongoing effort and one that influenced their first-quarter performance. At Group 1 Automotive, its stores retailed 29,317 used vehicles during the first quarter. That figure represented a 7.3% lift... Read More